CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Touch Ventures
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO and Chief Investment Officer | Touch Ventures | Skalata Ventures, Startup Daily (12 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (9 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (24 Nov 2021), Australian FinTech, Startup Daily (22 Nov 2021) |
Stories naming Hein Vogel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Touch Ventures' investment lifts commitments in Skalata's second fund beyond $25 million, with Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen investing personally; Touch also recently headed a $5.5 million raise for portfolio company Preezie.
ASX-listed venture fund Touch Ventures is parting with chief executive Hein Vogel; the piece recalls its 2021 $100 million listing, heavy write-offs on PlanPay and Till Payments, and Basiq's sale to Cuscal.
Touch Ventures has invested in Skalata Ventures' second fund, lifting commitments past $25 million toward a $50m target, with Afterpay's Anthony Eisen investing personally; Preezie's $5.5 million round is also noted.
Retail tech startup preezie raised a $5.5 million Series A led by Touch Ventures and TEN13 to grow its team and expand overseas, having earlier seed-funded and come through Skalata's 2019 program.
Payments firm Till Payments added over $15 million to its latest round, with Touch Ventures putting in $5 million, and appointed its first chief technology officer, after a recently recalled $110 million Series C.
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